This is great, I’ve just received some news from Artichoke.

Not many people know of the existence of a long-forgotten tunnel running deep beneath the Atlantic Ocean. Originally constructed by an eccentric engineer called Alexander Stanhope St George, the tunnel has lain half-finished for a century. A year ago St George’s great-grandson, the British artist Paul St George, discovered the truth while clearing up some family archives. He determined to finish the tunnel and build a pair of Telectroscopes – an astounding optical device also invented by his ancestor – to allow people at one end of the tunnel in London to see those at the other, in New York.

Artichoke were responsible for bringing the amazing Sultan’s Elephant spectacle from Royal de Luxe to London in 2006. Which was easily the most phenomenal event I’ve been to (see video here). I didn’t believe that I’d see a huge time-traveling elephant and a little(!) girl bring London to a standstill, but they did.

Now it looks like there is something new and hopefully equally amazing coming… the Telectroscope. I for one believe it can be done.

More on Telectroscope: blog, YouTube Group, Flickr Group